A recess due to a report, and an irregular recess at that, is a rare scene, not to mention ITER, which was established only a few years ago, even in the entire history of human science.

But since the speaker and the host have agreed, there is no reason for others to object.

Instead of continuing in this mess, it would be better to spend a few days sorting out my thoughts, or find an opportunity to discuss it with the Chinese delegation.

Although the ultimate realization of controlled nuclear fusion still seems out of reach, even if we only consider it from the narrowest perspective, a new theory will give birth to dozens or hundreds of high-impact factor papers, and as for the subsequent water-filled works, they are even more numerous.

There are even times when an entire direction of research is based on the work of a talented predecessor.

Therefore, as soon as Peng Juexian closed his laptop, he was surrounded by a group of scholars with different expressions.

The Americans' questions were more straightforward:

"Professor Peng, does the spiral field modulation you mentioned require a redesign of the magnet coil?"

The Russian representative was more concerned about the source of the data:

“Are these waveforms based on actual operations of EAST?”

The Italians played the role of the atmosphere group and took out a camera from somewhere to take pictures of this scene...

Huang Zhitao huddled in the recording booth, typing frantically on the keyboard. The hand speed he had developed from being single for 25 years could not even keep up with the enthusiasm of the representatives from various countries. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Yasuhiro Morita leaving the venue quickly with two assistants, his gray hair flashing by as they turned the corner of the corridor.

However, Kodama Toshio, who was supposed to follow closely behind, came back from outside against the flow of people, squeezed near the Chinese delegation, and spoke in stiff Chinese: "Mr. Fang, do you need a Japanese translator? I minored in Chinese language in college..."

"Thank you, but our translator is professional enough."

Fang Jianming smiled and kept the people three steps away, cold sweat oozing from his back - the Japanese delegation was obviously anxious.

At the same time, Yasuhiro Morita blocked Hull in the hallway as he was heading to the bathroom:

"The magnetic confinement optimization solution for JT60SA has passed the preliminary review, but if you have relevant requirements, we can further adjust the solution later..."

This sentence may seem a bit irrelevant at first, but Hull's mind is as clear as a mirror.

The Japanese are testing their attitude.

He deliberately sped up his speech:

"Don't worry, the cooperation agreement that has been reached will not be changed. As for the adjustment of the plan... it is too early to discuss these now. After all, we cannot be sure that the new theory of China is correct. If there is a relevant need later, we will arrange a new meeting again..."

Although this statement sounded somewhat official, its meaning was almost identical to Morita's previous attitude, which made the latter feel somewhat relieved.

But I didn’t notice that the other party mentioned that “the agreement that has been reached will not be changed”——

What has not been signed is another matter.

Hull had previously advocated cooperation with the Tokyo Institute of Quantum Science and Technology, not because he liked the Japanese so much, but simply because ITEA, or WEST, needed help with its upgrade.

Now that he had other options, he naturally had to make preparations for both situations...

It was not until two hours later that Peng Juexian was finally able to escape from the meeting.

After getting in the car, he almost immediately untied his tie and slumped into his seat, rubbing his forehead where blood vessels were throbbing from staying up late for a long time.

At this time, Fang Jianming also sat next to him, holding an unopened cup of coffee in his hand:

"Robert Hull just found me and said he hopes to have a private meeting with us. The time and place will be determined by us. What do you think..."

Peng Juexian, who had been dozing off, suddenly woke up:

"Hull?"

He thought he had heard it wrong:

"Not Orlandi?"

Fang Jianming shook his head:

"They are so close to the water, Orlandi may not know what happened in the venue..."

Peng Juexian thought that he seemed to have triggered some kind of talent of the French, otherwise it would be difficult to explain why the other party changed sides so quickly.

Then he turned to look at Huang Zhitao who had not yet recovered from his shock:

"Xiao Huang, show me the meeting minutes."

The high frequency of questions and answers before had overloaded his brain, and now he needed to summarize the positions and tendencies of representatives from various countries.

"Ah? Oh..."

Huang Zhitao quickly took out his computer and opened the record document that he had not had time to organize.

After quickly scanning the entire page, Peng Juexian took a deep breath:

"Reply to Hull and say that we agree to the meeting, which will be arranged for one o'clock this afternoon."

Fang Jianming nodded, and just as he was about to stand up and reply, he was stopped again:

"Also, prepare three sets of prediction parameters for sawtooth behavior under different relative pressures according to the prediction model sent by Academician Chang. The accuracy should be controlled at around ±3%. I will take a break for a while. Wake me up at lunch time..."

"..."

……

When Hull stepped into the small reception room on the top floor, three sets of sealed file bags were already placed on the coffee table.

In this situation, the two sides were communicating almost openly, and as time was tight, they quickly got down to business after a brief greeting.

"I just read the announcement and it seems like there will be a temporary test of ToreSupra tomorrow?"

Peng Juexian shook his coffee cup and chuckled.

"It's just routine data collection... There's nothing I can do. The new theory you proposed is too... novel. We need to re-acquire a lot of data to verify its rationality."

Hull sighed, but then revealed his true intentions:

"However, if you can provide a more specific engineering solution, it can significantly shorten the testing cycle."

Peng Juexian was noncommittal about this attempt, and did not even respond directly. Instead, he shook his head with some regret:

"Excuse me, Academician Hull."

He leaned forward slightly, closing the distance between them.

"According to the agreement we reached at the beginning, the Japanese delegation should not have appeared at today's meeting, let alone participated in the test allocation of the first cycle of ITEA..."

Hull had seen all kinds of situations, so of course he understood the other party's intention.

But he is the kind of person who won't release the eagle until he sees the rabbit, so it is impossible for him to make any clear promises so early.

So he pretended to be embarrassed:

"The Tokyo Institute of Quantum Science and Technology was able to join the first cycle of testing in order to help ToreSupra upgrade its conditions. This is not something I can change alone... Of course, if China can take over the above role and help WEST complete its upgrade and renovation work smoothly, then naturally there will be no such things."

After the first round of confrontation, both sides have gained a preliminary understanding of each other's conditions.

Peng Juexian simply pointed out:

"How about this, Academician Hull."

He pointed to three documents on the table:

"Based on the new theoretical model, we have made predictions about the sawtooth behavior under several different specific pressures... Under high confinement operating conditions, the mixing radius is close to 57% of the device radius when the sawtooth collapses, and the collapse behavior will cause the core electron temperature to drop by 10-45%... Of course, there are some other parameters, which you can take back and verify by yourself."

The meaning is very clear.

If the test results of the ToreSupra device are consistent with the predictions, it can basically be said that the theoretical model is accurate.

Or, at least, more accurate than past models of incomplete magnetic reconnection.

Hull reached out his hand almost subconsciously.

But Peng Juexian was quick to press the file bag first:

"After the verification is completed, if more specific engineering solutions are needed, then we will need an additional 60% of testing time... Don't look at me like that. After kicking out the Japanese, you can still have an extra 40% to share with other countries. No matter how you calculate it, it's not a loss."

"Also, I heard a rumor that the ion source customized by Toshiba Heavy Industries for JT60SA... didn't meet the heat load test standards?"

The second half of the sentence came so suddenly that Hull was a little confused:

"What do you mean?"

"This means that even if everything goes well in theory, the relevant equipment must be of guaranteed quality to truly solve the problem."

Peng Juexian further explained:

"The divertor, ion heating equipment and superconducting magnet system must be purchased from Luzhou, otherwise we cannot guarantee the effect after the upgrade."